Amy’s Design Dilemma
Amy’s living room is ready for a major makeover. Here’s her letter: I’m so excited to have you work some magic on my family room! We recently moved in and the items were pretty much just set around the perimeter with no thought. As for my style, HGTV says I’m ‘Old World, New Way’, whatever that means. I feel I like clean (no clutter), comfortable, inviting, nothing stuffy. I really like Pottery Barn, I’d say that is my style. Also, the store Anthropologie appeals to me as soon as I walk in. T
Green How-To: Customize Bamboo Blinds with a Graphic Freehand Paint Job
For years, I’ve been dreaming about having free reign to decorate a space as I pleased and actually putting my ideas for customization into action. Apparently though, that requires a couple of things, the most important of which is having our own home where we can decorate as we like. Doing a suprise patio makeover for my mother was one of very few times over the last few years when I’ve been able to take a decorating idea from concept all the way through to creation, and I loved every secon
Email Answer: It’s Curtains For You
If there’s one thing that we can count on like clockwork, it’s a flurry of curtain & blind related questions in our inbox each and every day, so we’re here to answer a slew of them in one fell swoop. Hold onto your hats people, this could get crazy. Q: What’s your general philosophy on window treatments? A: We believe that curtains and blinds can make for the biggest change in a room next to paint. They’re hugely important for a major makeover, and can add height, drama, breezy ambia
cheap house makeover, part one: the dining room
Quite awhile back, I asked for some suggestions on brightening up my home. I’m happy to report that we’ve made some progress — behold our new, awash-in-light dining room! For comparison, here’s a before: I knew the impact of going from dark gray (it seemed like a good idea at the time…) to a light creamy peach would be big, but I wasn’t prepared for just how fantastic it would feel to hang out in our dining room once we pared it down. The first morning after we finished the paint job,
